Re: [PATCH net-next] net: altera_tse: fix init sequence to avoid races with register_netdev

[Russell King (Oracle)]

On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 12:40:19PM +0200, Maxime Chevallier wrote:
> As reported here[1], the init sequence in altera_tse can be racy should
> any operation on the registered netdev happen after netdev registration
> but before phylink initialization.
> 
> Fix the registering order to avoid such races by making register_netdev
> the last step of the probing sequence.
> 
> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/ZH9XK5yEGyoDMIs%2F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> 
> Fixes: fef2998203e1 ("net: altera: tse: convert to phylink")
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> This patch targets net-next as it fixes a commit that is in net-next
> too.

While it fixes the order in which stuff is registered, it introduces
a new bug - register_netdev() is what atomically allocated a netdev
name, and you use the netdev name when creating the PCS MII bus:

	snprintf(mrc.name, MII_BUS_ID_SIZE, "%s-pcs-mii", ndev->name);

This needs to change, because this will end up being "eth%d-pcs-mii".

I am at a loss why you didn't realise this (or in fact recognise that
there are other issues) given that I sent you three patches fixing
this mess.

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